Living
On Celia's Picture, drawn by Sir Godfrey Kneller
From Poems on Several Occasions (1736)
Living
WITH such a sapient Eye, and heav'nly Mind,
MINERVA taught her Arts to human Kind;
With such attractive Charms, and graceful Air,
VENUS was judg'd the Queen of all the Fair:
Such Sense and Beauty to the Painter shone,
He drew Two Goddesses, to finish One.
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Duck, Stephen. “On Celia's Picture, drawn by Sir Godfrey Kneller.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/duck/28/.
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Duck, Stephen. “On Celia's Picture, drawn by Sir Godfrey Kneller.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/duck/28/.
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